niggardly
adjective
reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly.
niggardliness
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a word derived from
niggardly.
Example Sentences
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On its heels tread William Makepeace Thackeray’s The Rose and the Ring and John Ruskin’s The King of a Golden River, another tale of the costs of miserly niggardliness.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 19, 2015
Nicaraguans are bound to resent niggardliness from the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even Mao, by stressing the fact that all Russian "aid" has been paid for by China, emphasizes the U.S.S.R.'s niggardliness.
From Time Magazine Archive
What immediately provoked the White House outburst was a fiery speech the day before by Massachusetts' Democratic Senator Walsh in which he flayed the Administration for "niggardliness" in its relief plans.
From Time Magazine Archive
The reader, however, is not to infer from this fact any niggardliness of spirit, or any want of faith, on the part of Isabella.
From Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay by J. Fenimore Cooper
